For the Walt Disney studio, it must have seemed like a formula for a box office bonanza in China – a live-action retelling with Chinese stars of an adventure-packed folk-tale about a national heroine ……
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The coronavirus may have been in California before China announced outbreak, study suggests
The novel coronavirus may have been circulating in Southern California as early as December, a new study from UCLA published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research suggests. ( read original story …)
Families urge China to release their relatives
Posted . A group of Hong Kong families on Saturday demanded the urgent return of their activist relatives detained last … ( read original story …)
Beijing Slaps Restrictions on U.S. Diplomats
Beijing will impose unspecified “reciprocal restrictions” on all American diplomats in China as a response to earlier U.S. restrictions on Chinese diplomats, according to Al J … ( read original story …)
US-China row over detention of 12 Hongkongers in Shenzhen escalates, as families seek city government’s help to bring group back
Beijing’s foreign affairs arm in Hong Kong hits back after remarks by top diplomat Mike Pompeo and calls on US politicians to stop interfering in the city’s affairs. ( read original story …)
Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead.
A political controversy over a filming location was a rare blunder for one of the world’s savviest companies in dealing with China. ( read original story …)
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens
Today, states and their actors are waging a digital cold war with artificial intelligence systems at the heart of the fight. In T-Minus AI, the US Air Force’s first Chairperson for Artificial … ( read…
India-China dispute: China returns five missing Indian nationals
Five Indian nationals thought to have been detained when they wandered across the border into China have been freed, India’s defence ministry says. The youths, from a state bordering China, went … ( read original…
The IOC should move the 2022 Olympics out of Beijing
The actions of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party fly in the face of Olympic values and universally held ideals of basic human dignity. ( read original story …)
Beijing announces new restrictions on US diplomats’ activities in China, Hong Kong
People take pictures of a bus, which US Consulate staff loaded up, as they vacate the US Consulate General in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, on July 26, 2020. (Reuters) China has announced new … (…
Families Plead for Return of Hong Kong Activists Detained in Mainland China
Families of Hong Kong activists detained by mainland Chinese authorities last month after trying to flee the city by boat on Saturday appealed for information about the group and demanded their … ( read original…
Five Indian Nationals Detained in China Handed Over: Indian Army
Five Indian nationals from a remote eastern state who had been detained by Chinese authorities in a region bordering Tibet were handed over to Indian authorities on Saturday, the Indian army said. ( read original…
China’s State Media Condemn Raids on Chinese Journalists in Australia
China’s state media condemned raids on the homes of Chinese journalists working in Australia, as relations between the two major trading partners become increasingly strained. China News Service said … ( read original story …)
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